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An eye-opening experience
Jul 29 2009
Over the weekend, thousands of Americans from across the country traveled to Wise County in Southwest Virginia to attend Mission of Mercy, a Remote Area Medical Clinic held annually that provides free dental exams to those without coverage or those who can’t afford to see the dentist on their own.
Freshman senators urge cost controls
Jul 23 2009
Senator Warner joined eight of his freshmen Democratic colleagues today in signing a letter to Senator Max Baucus, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, which is responsible for crafting the health care reform legislation that the Senate will vote on.
Factoring in real-life cost-saving measures
Jul 16 2009
Members of the Senate Budget Committee heard from Steve Elmendorf, the director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, to discuss growing concerns over long-term budget deficits, and the potential impact of health care reform on the deficit.
Starting a conversation on health care
Jul 14 2009
Senator Warner launched a month-long conversation with Virginians today about the health reform effort that is underway here in Washington.
Repairing our community health centers
Jul 01 2009
Senator Warner announced this week that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released more than $13.5 million in grants from the economic recovery package to 24 community health centers in Virginia to maintain facilities and improve services.
Two Op-eds in the Sunday Papers
Jun 29 2009
Readers of Sunday's papers got a double-dose of Senator Warner yesterday. The Washington Post and the Richmond Times-Dispatch each published op-eds written by the Senator in their Sunday editions.
WASHINGTON -- All of us can agree that our current health care system is in need of fundamental reforms that will expand access, improve quality, and increase value. As Congress prepares to spend a long, hot summer working to find bipartisan agreement on many proposed reforms, it is important that we also have a discussion about one area of health care reform that makes many of us uncomfortable: the care that we provide to our seniors and others with life-limiting illnesses.
Senator Warner met with about 50 leaders of the faith community in Hampton Roads on Friday to start a conversation about the health reform legislation he introduced last week, the 2009 Senior Navigation and Planning Act.
Warner courts church leaders on health goals
Jun 20 2009
A group of clerics expressed interest Friday in U.S. Sen. Mark Warner's proposal to make end-of-life care part of the health care overhaul debate.
Freshman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., is courageous to submit a bill that encourages doctors and hospital staff to counsel terminally ill patients about foregoing extraordinary medical care. It's a tricky dilemma, asking doctors to launch into an uncomfortable conversation with a dying patient.
